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Garfield Heights middle school outlines plans to boost attendance and student achievement
Summary
At the Nov. 10 Garfield Heights Board of Education meeting, middle school staff presented academic goals, attendance initiatives and behavioral supports, citing programs that aim to reduce chronic absenteeism and address rising discipline incidents.
Garfield Heights Middle School leaders told the Board of Education on Nov. 10 that they are focusing this year on increasing student achievement, expanding co-teaching and cutting chronic absenteeism.
At the start of the meeting, Mr. Rex (middle school lead) said the buildings three goals are to increase overall student achievement, implement a co-teaching model to accelerate growth and reduce chronic absenteeism from a cited 60% to 40%. "Our mission here at the middle school is to ignite the potential of an everyday scholar," Rex said during the presentation.
Why it matters: District staff tied instructional changes and attendance work directly to academic performance. The middle school reported that hands-on,…
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